unprecedented increase
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunprecedentedandincrease
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unprecedented
adjective
uk/ʌnˈpres.ɪ.den.tɪd/us/ʌnˈpres.ə.den.t̬ɪd/
never having happened or existed in ...
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increase
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈɪn.kriːs/us/ˈɪn.kriːs/
a rise in the amount or size ...
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Although radiation therapy has always had a strong technological focus, the last decade has seen profound change and anunprecedentedincreasein automation and computerisation in patient treatment.
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This has been clearly the case for air pollution and water conservation, which are threatened by theunprecedentedincreasein industrial production and fertilizer use in agriculture.
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Theunprecedentedincreasein the price of oil risks bringing a whole sector to its knees.
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That, together with ourunprecedentedincreasein child benefit, will make children better off, and will strengthen fathers' parental responsibility.
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I suggest that it is theunprecedentedincreasein the pension that has caused these war widows to be liable to tax.
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There has been anunprecedentedincreasein costs.
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There has been anunprecedentedincreaseof £2 billion next year and £2·5 billion the year after.
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There is anunprecedentedincreasein demand for passports this year.
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Today, the figure is one in three—anunprecedentedincrease.
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That is evidenced by theunprecedentedincreasein the productivity of all manner of industries that has taken place since.
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That reduction has occurred at a time when there has been anunprecedentedincreasein crime levels in the capital.
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Theunprecedentedincreasein demand for passports this year has led to a large backlog of applications awaiting processing.
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We are seeing anunprecedentedincreasein the spiral of terror.
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True, you have mentioned anunprecedentedincreasein volume, but this increase in import volumes was anything but unpredictable.
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There has been anunprecedentedincreasein traffic.
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The main reason has been theunprecedentedincreasein the price of commodities—above all oil.
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The new contract is accompanied by anunprecedentedincreasein the funding available for primary care.
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They can only guess, and they make the huge assumption that since 1981 there has been anunprecedentedincreaseof 393,000.
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The signs are that this generous measure is encouraging anunprecedentedincreasein equity investment in small and medium-sized enterprises.
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When we look at the galvanised entrepreneurs, what we see is that there has been a record,unprecedentedincreasein bankruptcies.
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